Washington, D.C., Howard University School of Law will celebrate the release of Professor Cynthia R. Mabry’s textbook Adoption Law: Theory, Policy and Practice on January 19, 2007, to coincide with Adoption Awareness Day 2007 at Howard. The program will highlight legal issues and general concerns related to adoption. Barbara Harrison, NBC News4 Anchor, will present a video from the national Wednesday’s Child adoption program. The Honorable Ronna Lee Beck, former adoption judge for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, will explain the adoption process in the District of Columbia. Representatives from the District, Fairfax County, and Prince George’s County adoption agencies will distribute information and be available to answer questions.

The program will be held in Houston Hall, Classroom 4, at 2:00 p.m.on the campus ofHoward University School of Law
2900 Van Ness Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C., 20008

Professor Mabry is an alumna of Howard University School of Law. She has taught at the law school since 1999. Her textbook is the first comprehensive law textbook on adoption. Interested persons may contact Professor Mabry at (202) 806-8067 or at cmabry@law.howard.edu.